By Raymond Douglas Chong, AsAmNews Staff Writer
A few miles from Monterey Bay on the Central Coast of California, Watsonville is the heart of Pajaro Valley, a lush farmland. But for five days in 1930, Watsonville was engulfed by an Anti-Filipino Race Riot.
Roy Recio, son a Filipino farmworker, will present a webinar, on Saturday, January 23, 2021:
Watsonville Talk Story: 1930 Anti-Filipino Watsonville Race Riots.
Please join this community Talk Story presentation and discussion to learn about the events and neglected history of the 1930 Anti-Filipino Watsonville Race Riots, which took place from January 19 to January 24. This year will mark the 91st anniversary of this fateful event where White mobs terrorized Filipino immigrants on the Central Coast.You can register here for this free event.